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8 Feb 2008, 2:23 am
Here are the incarceration rates for pretrial detainees at Texas' largest county jails: What percentage of Texas county jail inmates are awaiting trial? [read post]
6 Feb 2008, 2:13 pm
An ICE program that trains local jails on the art of identifying undocumented immigrants apparently is quite popular: James Pinkerton writes in the Houston Chronicle: The federal immigration training program Harris County Sheriff Tommy Thomas wants for a dozen jailers... [read post]
31 Jan 2008, 10:05 am
The hearing, in which plaintiff's attorney Lloyd Kelley has asked Hoyt to hold Rosenthal in contempt, relates to a federal civil rights case lodged by two brothers against the Harris County Sheriffs Office. [read post]
31 Jan 2008, 6:38 am
Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal could be fined or jailed if he is found in contempt of court Thursday. [read post]
30 Jan 2008, 10:48 am
From Earl Musick: The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association feels that the election of the next Harris County District Attorney is extremely important to our organization and to the citizens of Harris County. [read post]
29 Jan 2008, 8:49 pm
Maybe, maybe not -- the Dallasification of Harris County elections is purely speculative right now. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 10:57 am
Harris County, Texas, et al. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 12:01 am
Harris County, Texas, et al. [read post]
26 Jan 2008, 2:48 am
across the border onto US/Texas soil.I may not think arresting drug users is the answer to any problem I believe needs solving (on that me and the Texas Department of Public Safety Narcotics Division agree), but that doesn't mean I have any common interests with the killers and thugs who're turning parts of Mexico into a full-blown battle zone.Thanks to massive amounts of legal, desirable commerce that's largely unappreciated by those who've never visited the… [read post]
25 Jan 2008, 9:04 am
" For Open Records Week last week I sent public information requests to all of Harris County's 37 criminal-court judges. [read post]
25 Jan 2008, 5:34 am
Supreme Court allowed states to resume executions in 1976, Oregon has killed only [execution volunteers Harry Charles] Moore and Douglas Wright, who was executed in 1996 for killing three homeless men in a remote area of Wasco County. [read post]
25 Jan 2008, 12:14 am
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Foreman: Grand Jury Wants to Make Presentation on Medina Investigation to Incoming Panel
Texas Lawyer
A grand jury in Harris County, Texas, that recently indicted Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina and his wife isn't going to let the matter drop, even though the indictments recently were dismissed and a judge ruled the grand jury wasn't properly empaneled and its work was null and void. [read post]
23 Jan 2008, 6:43 pm
The elected District Attorney of Harris County, Texas was ordered to produce a number of emails in discovery in the lawsuit; instead of turning them over he deleted some 2,500 of them. [read post]
23 Jan 2008, 6:08 am
"Judge blisters Harris County DA over Medina case; Says Rosenthal's error nullified the grand jury's work": The Houston Chronicle today contains an article that begins, "A judge criticized the Harris County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday for not supporting a grand jury's decision to indict a Texas Supreme Court justice and his wife for a 2007 arson that destroyed the couple's Spring home. [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 7:50 pm
Harris County prosecutor Vic Wisner writes in public explanation of his dismissal of the grand jury's indictment against Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina: My decision to dismiss the indictments Without violating my ethical restrictions on commenting on pending investigations, I would like to explain the following to the public: Regardless of my personal belief in the merits of a case, I cannot ethically proceed forward if I believe the prosecution will… [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 6:52 pm
"Judge disbands grand jury behind Medina indictment": The Houston Chronicle provides a news update that begins, "A judge criticized the Harris County District Attorney's Office today for not standing behind a grand jury's decision to indict a Texas Supreme Court Justice and his wife in connection the 2007 fire that destroyed the couple's Spring home. [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 1:01 pm
"Although District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal has struggled to maintain a business-as-usual atmosphere on the sixth floor of the Harris County Courthouse amid the fallout of the e-mail scandal that killed his re-election bid, his prosecutors are hoping juries won't paint them with the same brush. [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 5:45 am
The report revealed two key trends in Texas regarding incarceration of African Americans for drug crimes: Wide disparities between the number of blacks sent to prison compared to whites, and impressive differences in the size of disparities among jurisdictions, including some of Texas more "liberal" areas evincing the highest differences.For convenience, I republish here the table I compiled from JPI's Texas data ("rates" given are per 100,000… [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 5:02 am
At least that's what Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal and Medina's attorney, Terry Yates, would have us believe. [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 12:06 am
The Harris County district attorney's office filed a motion to dismiss the indictments on the grounds there was "insufficient evidence" and Rains granted the motion. [read post]
